Cybersecurity News from Across the Internet
Romance scammers have apparently discovered astrology… and Taurus is their secret weapon. In episode 449 of “Smashing Security”, we take a look inside an actual romance-fraud handbook – complete with scripts, personality “types”, corporate jargon, and a seven-day plan to get victims from hello to hand over the crypto. Then Lesley “hacks4pancakes” Carhart delivers a … Read More “Smashing Security podcast #449: How to scam someone in seven days – Graham Cluley” »
Researchers warn that a critical vulnerability in n8n, an automation platform that allows organizations to integrate AI agents, workflows and hundreds of other enterprise services, could be exploited by attackers to achieve full control of targeted networks. The maximum-severity vulnerability — CVE-2026-21858 — affects about 100,000 servers globally, according to Cyera, which initially discovered and … Read More “Researchers rush to warn defenders of max-severity defect in n8n – CyberScoop” »
A cybercrime gang known as Black Cat has been attributed to a search engine optimization (SEO) poisoning campaign that employs fraudulent sites advertising popular software to trick users into downloading a backdoor capable of stealing sensitive data. According to a report published by the National Computer Network Emergency Response Technical Team/Coordination Center of China (CNCERT/CC) … Read More “Black Cat Behind SEO Poisoning Malware Campaign Targeting Popular Software Searches – The Hacker News” »
For the upcoming Pwn2Own Automotive contest, a total of 3 head units have been selected. One of these is the double DIN Kenwood DNR1007XR that offers a variety of functionality such as Android Auto, Apple CarPlay, USB media playback, wireless mirroring and more. This blog post presents photos of the DNR1007XR including highlighting interesting internal … Read More “Breaking Down the Attack Surface of the Kenwood DNR1007XR – Part One – Zero Day Initiative – Blog” »
A Hudson Rock report reveals how an Iranian hacker named Zestix breached 50 global companies, including Iberia Airlines and Pickett & Associates, by using stolen passwords and a lack of MFA. – Read More – Hackread – Cybersecurity News, Data Breaches, AI, and More
Taiwan endured a year-long intensified cyber offensive from China in 2025, that targeted the government and critical infrastructure — with an increasing focus on the energy and hospital sectors, according to a Taiwan government analysis published this week. Cyberattacks from China rose 6% compared to 2024, the National Security Bureau analysis concluded. Every major sector … Read More “Taiwan blames Chinese ‘cyber army’ for rise in millions of daily intrusion attempts – CyberScoop” »
Malicious Windows packer named pkr_mtsi used as a flexible malware loader in malvertising campaigns – Read More –
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of yet another maximum-severity security flaw in n8n, a popular workflow automation platform, that allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to gain complete control over susceptible instances. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-21858 (CVSS score: 10.0), has been codenamed Ni8mare by Cyera Research Labs. Security researcher Dor Attias has been – Read … Read More “Critical n8n Vulnerability (CVSS 10.0) Allows Unauthenticated Attackers to Take Full Control – The Hacker News” »
Veeam has released an update to fix a security flaw in its Backup & Replication software that could let certain users run code on affected systems. The main issue, tracked as CVE-2025-59470, affects all Veeam Backup & Replication version 13 builds, according to a security advisory released Tuesday. Veeam said older product lines, including 12.x … Read More “Veeam issues patch to close critical remote code execution flaw – CyberScoop” »
New Android malware enables unauthorized tap-to-pay transactions without physical access to bank cards – Read More –
Security teams have spent years improving their ability to detect and block malicious bots. That effort remains critical.… – Read More – Hackread – Cybersecurity News, Data Breaches, AI, and More
Taiwan recorded an average of 2.63 million cyber intrusion attempts to it critical infrastructure per day coming from China in 2025 – Read More –
Lack of visibility and governance around employees using generative AI is resulting in rise in data security risks – Read More –
Veeam has released security updates to address multiple flaws in its Backup & Replication software, including a “critical” issue that could result in remote code execution (RCE). The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-59470, carries a CVSS score of 9.0. “This vulnerability allows a Backup or Tape Operator to perform remote code execution (RCE) as the postgres … Read More “Veeam Patches Critical RCE Vulnerability with CVSS 9.0 in Backup & Replication – The Hacker News” »
Non-human employees are becoming the future of cybersecurity, and enterprises need to prepare accordingly. As organizations scale Artificial Intelligence (AI) and cloud automation, there is exponential growth in Non-Human Identities (NHIs), including bots, AI agents, service accounts and automation scripts. In fact, 51% of respondents in ConductorOne’s 2025 Future of Identity Security Report – Read … Read More “The Future of Cybersecurity Includes Non-Human Employees – The Hacker News” »
Open-source workflow automation platform n8n has warned of a maximum-severity security flaw that, if successfully exploited, could result in authenticated remote code execution (RCE). The vulnerability, which has been assigned the CVE identifier CVE-2026-21877, is rated 10.0 on the CVSS scoring system. “Under certain conditions, an authenticated user may be able to cause untrusted code … Read More “n8n Warns of CVSS 10.0 RCE Vulnerability Affecting Self-Hosted and Cloud Versions – The Hacker News” »
Security teams are still catching malware. The problem is what they’re not catching. More attacks today don’t arrive as files. They don’t drop binaries. They don’t trigger classic alerts. Instead, they run quietly through tools that already exist inside the environment — scripts, remote access, browsers, and developer workflows. That shift is creating a blind … Read More “Webinar: Learn How AI-Powered Zero Trust Detects Attacks with No Files or Indicators – The Hacker News” »
Texas based Gulshan Management Services, operator of Handi Plus and Handi Stop gas stations, reports a data breach impacting over 377,000 people. – Read More – Hackread – Cybersecurity News, Data Breaches, AI, and More
The cybersecurity industry has been battling a talent shortage and skills gap for years. Meanwhile, organizations need a new way to approach risk management proactively and more effectively. AI seems the clear answer to both. Open tech roles are trending down or flat, while demand for AI skills is climbing fast. It’s structural change that … Read More “Why cybersecurity cannot hire its way through the AI era – CyberScoop” »
Threat actors engaging in phishing attacks are exploiting routing scenarios and misconfigured spoof protections to impersonate organizations’ domains and distribute emails that appear as if they have been sent internally. “Threat actors have leveraged this vector to deliver a wide variety of phishing messages related to various phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS) platforms such as Tycoon 2FA,” the … Read More “Microsoft Warns Misconfigured Email Routing Can Enable Internal Domain Phishing – The Hacker News” »
Threat actor “Zestix” was able to breach around 50 firms using infostealers because they lacked multi-factor authentication – Read More –
A hacking collective claims it has disconnected customers of US ISP Brightspeed – Read More –
A breach affecting Manage My Health could have exposed sensitive data for up to 120,000 New Zealand patients – Read More –
A breach affecting Manage My Health could have exposed sensitive data for up to 120,000 New Zealand patients – Read More –
A newly discovered critical security flaw in legacy D-Link DSL gateway routers has come under active exploitation in the wild. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-0625 (CVSS score: 9.3), concerns a case of command injection in the “dnscfg.cgi” endpoint that arises as a result of improper sanitization of user-supplied DNS configuration parameters. “An unauthenticated remote attacker … Read More “Ongoing Attacks Exploiting Critical RCE Vulnerability in Legacy D-Link DSL Routers – The Hacker News” »
Synthient discovers over 2 million Android TV boxes and smart TVs hijacked by the Kimwolf botnet. Learn how hackers are using home devices to launch DDoS attacks and how you can protect your home network. – Read More – Hackread – Cybersecurity News, Data Breaches, AI, and More
The Federal Communications Commission finalized new financial penalties for telecoms that submit false, inaccurate or late reporting to a federal robocalling system. The new regulations, which go into effect Feb. 5, will require providers to recertify every year that their information is accurate in the Robocall Mitigation Database (RMD). It would also impose fines on … Read More “FCC finalizes new penalties for robocall violators – CyberScoop” »
Ilya Lichtenstein, the man behind the massive 2016 Bitfinex Bitcoin theft, has been released early from prison. Read how the First Step Act and a trail of Walmart gift cards led to this major update in one of the world’s largest crypto thefts. – Read More – Hackread – Cybersecurity News, Data Breaches, AI, and … Read More “Bitfinex Hack Mastermind Behind $10 Billion Theft Gets Early Release – Hackread – Cybersecurity News, Data Breaches, AI, and More” »
The CERT Coordination Center (CERT/CC) has disclosed details of an unpatched security flaw impacting TOTOLINK EX200 wireless range extender that could allow a remote authenticated attacker to gain full control of the device. The flaw, CVE-2025-65606 (CVSS score: N/A), has been characterized as a flaw in the firmware-upload error-handling logic, which could cause the device … Read More “Unpatched Firmware Flaw Exposes TOTOLINK EX200 to Full Remote Device Takeover – The Hacker News” »
Ledger confirms data breach via Global-e partner. Customer info exposed, phishing attacks active. No passwords or crypto recovery phrases leaked. – Read More – Hackread – Cybersecurity News, Data Breaches, AI, and More
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered two new malicious extensions on the Chrome Web Store that are designed to exfiltrate OpenAI ChatGPT and DeepSeek conversations alongside browsing data to servers under the attackers’ control. The names of the extensions, which collectively have over 900,000 users, are below – Chat GPT for Chrome with GPT-5, Claude Sonnet & … Read More “Two Chrome Extensions Caught Stealing ChatGPT and DeepSeek Chats from 900,000 Users – The Hacker News” »
The CERT Coordination Center (CERT/CC) has disclosed details of an unpatched security flaw impacting TOTOLINK EX200 wireless range extender that could allow a remote authenticated attacker to gain full control of the device. The flaw, CVE-2025-65606 (CVSS score: N/A), has been characterized as a flaw in the firmware-upload error-handling logic, which could cause the device … Read More “Unpatched Firmware Flaw Exposes TOTOLINK EX200 to Full Remote Device Takeover – The Hacker News” »
A high-severity security flaw in Open WebUI Direct Connections risks account takeover and server compromises – Read More –
Multi-stage malware campaign targets hospitality organizations using social engineering and abuse of MSBuild.exe – Read More –
Popular artificial intelligence (AI)-powered Microsoft Visual Studio Code (VS Code) forks such as Cursor, Windsurf, Google Antigravity, and Trae have been found to recommend extensions that are non-existent in the Open VSX registry, potentially opening the door to supply chain risks when bad actors publish malicious packages under those names. The problem, according to Koi, … Read More “VS Code Forks Recommend Missing Extensions, Creating Supply Chain Risk in Open VSX – The Hacker News” »
Source: Securonix Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new campaign dubbed PHALT#BLYX that has leveraged ClickFix-style lures to display fixes for fake blue screen of death (BSoD) errors in attacks targeting the European hospitality sector. The end goal of the multi-stage campaign is to deliver a remote access trojan known as DCRat, according to … Read More “Fake Booking Emails Redirect Hotel Staff to Fake BSoD Pages Delivering DCRat – The Hacker News” »
Phishing in 2026 is harder to detect and verify. Learn how CISOs can speed up investigations, reduce noise, and respond with confidence. – Read More – Hackread – Cybersecurity News, Data Breaches, AI, and More
UK government’s new Cyber Action plan looks to provide more ‘hands-on’ support for protecting against and responding to security incidents – Read More –
The Invisible Half of the Identity Universe Identity used to live in one place – an LDAP directory, an HR system, a single IAM portal. Not anymore. Today, identity is fragmented across SaaS, on-prem, IaaS, PaaS, home-grown, and shadow applications. Each of these environments carries its own accounts, permissions, and authentication flows. Traditional IAM and … Read More “What is Identity Dark Matter? – The Hacker News” »
For too long, fraud – an illicit economy rivaling the GDP of G20 nations – has been seen as a cost of doing business, a nuisance to be absorbed by banks and consumers. That perception is a dangerous relic. Modern fraud blends geopolitics with advanced technical tactics, carried out through criminal proxies to target businesses … Read More “Why governments need to treat fraud like cyberwarfare, not customer service – CyberScoop” »
The Invisible Half of the Identity Universe Identity used to live in one place – an LDAP directory, an HR system, a single IAM portal. Not anymore. Today, identity is fragmented across SaaS, on-prem, IaaS, PaaS, home-grown, and shadow applications. Each of these environments carries its own accounts, permissions, and authentication flows. Traditional IAM and … Read More “What is Identity Dark Matter? – The Hacker News” »
JLR’s wholesale sales plunged 43% and retail drops 25% in the third quarter of 2025 following the 2025 cyber-attack – Read More –
Over the years, the concept of enterprise data protection strategies has been based on a known trio perimeter security, access controls,… The post Privacy-Enhancing Technologies: The New Foundation of Enterprise Data Protection appeared first on JISA Softech Pvt Ltd. – Read More – JISA Softech Pvt Ltd
Palo Alto Networks’ new report reveals VVS Stealer uses Discord Injection and fake error messages to steal tokens and MFA codes. Protect your account from this new Python-based threat. – Read More – Hackread – Cybersecurity News, Data Breaches, AI, and More
Police in India have arrested a former Coinbase customer service agent who is believed to have been bribed by cybercriminal gangs to access sensitive customer information. Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog. – Read More – Graham Cluley
Menlo Park, India, 6th January 2026, CyberNewsWire – Read More – Hackread – Cybersecurity News, Data Breaches, AI, and More
Posted by Ron E on Jan 05 Panda3D’s egg-mkfont utility contains an uncontrolled format string vulnerability that allows disclosure of stack-resident memory. The -gp (glyph pattern) command-line option allows users to specify a formatting pattern intended for generating glyph texture filenames. This pattern is passed directly as the format string to sprintf() without validation … Read More “Panda3d v1.10.16 Uncontrolled Format String in Panda3D egg-mkfont Allows Stack Memory Disclosure – Full Disclosure” »
Users of the “@adonisjs/bodyparser” npm package are being advised to update to the latest version following the disclosure of a critical security vulnerability that, if successfully exploited, could allow a remote attacker to write arbitrary files on the server. Tracked as CVE-2026-21440 (CVSS score: 9.2), the flaw has been described as a path traversal issue … Read More “Critical AdonisJS Bodyparser Flaw (CVSS 9.2) Enables Arbitrary File Write on Servers – The Hacker News” »
Posted by duykham on Jan 05 Hello Full Disclosure, I would like to disclose a security vulnerability identified in a smartphone application: *Koller Secret: Real Hidden App*. This report is shared in the interest of responsible disclosure and improving overall security awareness. — *Summary* – Application: Koller Secret: Real Hidden App – Package / … Read More “Security Vulnerability in Koller Secret: Real Hidden App (com.koller.secret.hidemyphoto) – Full Disclosure” »
Posted by malvuln on Jan 05 SigInt-Hombre, generates derived Suricata detection rules from live URLhaus threat indicators at runtime and deploy them to the Security Onion platform for high-coverage real-time network monitoring. https://github.com/malvuln/sigint-hombre What it does: Pulls the public URLhaus feed in real time (not mirrored or redistributed) Skips: Comments, empty lines, malformed URLs, … Read More “SigInt-Hombre v1 / dynamic Suricata detection rules from real-time threat feeds – Full Disclosure” »
